Improvement in jug-tops



To all whom it may concern:

UNrrnn States ATENT FFICEQ HUGH WRIGHT, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN JUG-TOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,4976, dated March 6, 1866.

Be it known that I, HUGH WRIGHT, of the i city of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jug-Tops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a view of the seamless sheetmetal cap used in forming my invention. Fig. 2 is an outline diagram of the same after having been punched, preparatory to forming my invention. Fig. 3 is a view of the same after having been formed intothe desired shape, in which the several parts pertaining to my invention are more fully represented in black. Fig. 4. is a sectional diagram of a jug-top, in which the parts pertaining to my invention are represented in black outline. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a finished jug-top.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to an article of manufacture known as a jug-top, and has for its object the forming of the neck, part of the cover, half the hinge, and rim of a sheet metal jug-top from a seamless sheet-metal cap, thereby producing a strong, compact, and simple rcsultdesirable qualities in its manufacture.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it.

I take a seamless sheet-metal cap, which may be represented byFig. 1, of suitable diameter and depth to answer my purpose, the rim of which I swage properly to form the neck L of my jug-top. 1 next punch an opening in the top N, Fig. 1, which may be of the general shape of that represented in the outline diagram at A, Fig. 2, leaving a rim, B, which is next pressed downward for the purpose of partially covering the edge of the jug-neck, as shown at B, Fig. 4, and protecting the cement by which the top is secured to the jug, as well as giving proper shape to theinsidc of the jugtop when finished. Ialso leave sufficieutmetal on the top of the cap to answer as a part of.

the cover of the jug-top, as at D, together with the projections F G H, Fig. 2, for the purpose of forming one-h alt of the hinge of the cover of tliejug-top, as at E, Figs. 3, 4, and 5. 1 next form a sheet-metal spout, I, (in red)ol" suitable shape, and having soldered or otherwise attached it to the outer margin of the rim B, Figs. 3 and t. The top is ready for the reception of the cover. 7

The cover M, I make of sheet metal, and having given it proper shape, 1 next hinge it in the ordinary manner to the projections F G H on the part 1), Fig. 2, already described as forming part of the cover.

By this arrangement it will be seen that a jug-top can be made of sheet metal, having the neck, part of the cover, half the hinge, and Tim formed from a seamless sheet-metal cap, producing, with the, addition of a spout and cover, a strong, compact, and comely jug-top.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Forming the neck, part of the cover, half the hinge, and the rim of a sheet metal jugtop from a seamless sheet-metal cap, as specified.

HUGH WRIGHT. Witnesses:

A. S. NICHOLSON, J. S. ATTERBURY. 

